I was reading an article on the Yahoo News that the CEO of General Electric has asked the board of directors to NOT give him his 2008 bonus.  The article goes on to talk about how the year was a really tough year for GE, the stock was down, dividends were down, and how the CEO had missed all six of his performance goals.  Then it goes on to say that the year, although “tough” was the 3rd best year in the company’s history and that the board still wanted to give the CEO his bonus!  HUH?  Did I miss something here?